Matthew 8:25 proselqo,ntej {B}

Although it could be argued that the shorter reading of a B 892 is the result of Alexandrian pruning of the text of superfluous details (Jesus’ disciples are mentioned in ver. Matthew 8:23), the agreement of Western witnesses (ita, c, k, l vg Jerome) makes it probable that the shorter reading is original and that the several variant readings represent stages of a growing text.

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Old Testament